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  "description": "It turns out that Tadej Pogačar won Saturday's Milan-San Remo on a cracked frame, a result of the dramatic crash 33 km from the finish that disrupted several including the world champion, Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert – the latter waiting around for a bike change.\n\n\"Only after the finish did we realize Tadej had ridden the finale on a cracked frame,\" Boštjan Kavčnik, Pogačar's mechanic, told Slovenian outfit Delo. \"The rear fork was damaged, but fortunately it held together. Had Tadej k",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-24T11:13:52.000Z",
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  "textContent": "It turns out that Tadej Pogačar won Saturday's Milan-San Remo on a cracked frame, a result of the dramatic crash 33 km from the finish that disrupted several including the world champion, Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert – the latter waiting around for a bike change.\n\n\"Only after the finish did we realize Tadej had ridden the finale on a cracked frame,\" Boštjan Kavčnik, Pogačar's mechanic, told Slovenian outfit Delo_._ \"The rear fork was damaged, but fortunately it held together. Had Tadej known the true condition of the bike, he would never have descended so aggressively as he even attacked on the descent and tried to push Tom Pidcock to the limit.\"\n\nKavčnik added that _Il Classicissima_ was the first time Pogačar had opted for a one-by setup, saving weight and improving aerodynamics. In the quest for optimisation at every level, the team also went for deeper wheels and narrower tyres – 28 mm compared to the 30 mm width chosen 12 months prior – in anticipation of the race's high speed.\n\n\"Tadej crashed on his left side, where there’s no gear shifter [due to the one-by setup], but the [Di2] crash mode was still triggered. He reset it himself and didn’t notice anything else wrong, so we didn’t change the bike ... This bike will now go into his special collection, it cannot be used anymore.\"",
  "title": "Pogačar won Milan-San Remo on a cracked frame",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-24T11:13:53.364Z"
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